noun
Meaning 1
A blank leaf at the front or back of a book.
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noun
A blank leaf at the front or back of a book.
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noun
A blank leaf at the front or back of a book.
Especially, the free portion of an endpaper.
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noun
a blank leaf in the front or back of a book
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
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Broader terms: leaf, folio
History
Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *plew- Proto-Indo-European *plewk- Proto-Indo-European *-eti Proto-Indo-European *pléwketi Proto-Germanic *fleuganą Proto-West Germanic *fleugan Old English flēogan Middle English fliender. English fly English leaf English flyleaf From fly + leaf.
Across languages
17 source translations are retained for this English entry.